The popular vote, which is symbolically and politically important but not decisive in the race, remains very close.
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He is the first since 1888 to capture the White House without winning the popular vote.
An individual could win the White House with as little as 20% of the popular vote.
The 2000 election was an unhappy exception--both the College and the popular vote were virtual ties.
Not since 1888 has the winner of the popular vote failed to secure the college.
Unconfirmed reports suggested that the coalition did not receive a majority of the popular vote.
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In August 1999, George W. Bush led Al Gore, 55%-41%, but lost the popular vote.
The GOP has lost the popular vote in five of the past six presidential elections.
In December, Morales' Movement to Socialism party won almost 54 percent of the popular vote.
It only got 60% of the popular vote and 81 or 87 legislative seats.
When broken down by percentage, both candidates had about 48 percent of the popular vote.
Barack Obama may have pulled ahead in the popular vote for the U.S. presidency Tuesday evening.
She's only ahead in the popular vote if you discount all the caucus states.
Figure 51%-45% of the popular vote and 300 to 310 electoral votes for Obama.
And that he did, winning with over 60 percent of the popular vote in March.
Clinton's campaign says if she leads in the popular vote, she should become the Democratic nominee.
Winning by a narrow margin in the popular vote, Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic President.
Like Al Gore in 2000, though, the popular vote will probably be her only victory.
Those are all the fixings for a close election, measured by percent of the popular vote.
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That suggests nearly a tie in the popular vote on a turnout of about 60%.
In 1960 the popular vote was a virtual tie but Kennedy won the Electoral College 303-219.
She argues that she leads in the popular vote, but her argument is debatable.
For a number of reasons, however, measuring the popular vote is a problematic exercise.
This means that caucus states tend to be under-represented in measures of the popular vote.
Should the votes in these states be counted in a calculation of the popular vote?
What about allocating electoral votes proportionate to a candidate's percentage of the popular vote in each state?
And you could still have the situation of someone's winning the College and losing the popular vote.
Senator Obama is still ahead in the popular vote and pledge delegates so did yesterday really matter?
In the popular vote, the ruling Liberal Party was less than one percentage point behind the PQ.
This gave Obama the look of a very convincing win, far more than the popular vote justified.
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